{"id":2470,"date":"2007-03-18T00:23:50","date_gmt":"2007-03-18T00:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/just-in-time-for-st-patrick.html"},"modified":"2007-03-18T00:23:50","modified_gmt":"2007-03-18T00:23:50","slug":"just-in-time-for-st-patrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/just-in-time-for-st-patrick.html","title":{"rendered":"Just in time for St. Patrick.."},"content":{"rendered":"

You’re invited to check out the website Celtic Prayer<\/a> and the blog Anamchara<\/a>, both dedicated to Celtic spirituality. "Anamchara"…<\/p>\n

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It’s the Celtic word for "soul friend" and this is the place to talk about Roman Catholicism, Celtic Spirituality, Tolkien, Lewis, Chesterton and other great literature, as well as anything else that enriches the human spirit and brings one closer to God.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Both websites are the work of Msgr. Eric Barr, Vicar for Clergy for the Diocese of Rockford, and author of The Shadows of the Cross: A Journey Through the Virtues of Celtic Spirituality.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You’re invited to check out the website Celtic Prayer and the blog Anamchara, both dedicated to Celtic spirituality. "Anamchara"… It’s the Celtic word for "soul friend" and this is the place to talk about Roman Catholicism, Celtic Spirituality, Tolkien, Lewis, Chesterton and other great literature, as well as anything else that enriches the human spirit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nJust in time for St. Patrick.. - Via Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/just-in-time-for-st-patrick.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Just in time for St. Patrick.. - Via Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You’re invited to check out the website Celtic Prayer and the blog Anamchara, both dedicated to Celtic spirituality. 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